Field archery

Last week's archery was moved outdoors due to our usual venue being unavailable. 

We had gorgeous weather and had fun doing something different.  We were a lot closer to the targets than we normally are when we're indoors (we normally shoot at 10m for the younger ones and 18m for the older ones - this time we were all at 5m and 10m).  Our coach made it tricky though by changing up the scoring - things like reverse scoring, so a bullseye was only worth 1 point, and the outside circle worth 5.  Or only scoring if we shot an arrow into the corner of the target etc.  It was actually quite challenging and a workout for the brain :)

This week we were back indoors - luckily, as it is raining here today.

End of activities...

Its the end of activities for the year.  

Thursday was a combined Joeys / Cubs / Scouts party.  It was supposed to be a pool party but the weather didn't cooperate so it was held at the hall instead.  They still enjoyed it anyway.

Billy and another cub were presented with their Silver Boomerang badge.

It was the final archery for the year, with a very close game of archery bowling.

It was also the last drama for the year.  Billy was a bit sad about that - it means the last lesson with the teacher he's had for the last 3 years.  He'll be going up to the older class next year.

Billy also had a play date with some friends - it was supposed to be a birthday party but again the weather didn't co-operate so it was cancelled.

Monday night is the final dragons training for the year and the presentation.

Shooting ducks and chickens..

Our favourite end of term archery activity :)

Archery

I never expected to enjoy archery as much as I do.  I thought I'd try it once to see what it was like, and that would be it.  But I really enjoy it!  It can be incredibly frustrating - some days I wonder why I bothered turning up, then other days it all seems to click.  

Billy's aiming at 5 metres seems to be slowly improving, although he struggles at 10m.  I go ok at 5m and 10m and really, really struggle at 15m!  As he gets stronger, he'll get better at 10m - many of his arrows lose momentum before they get to the target.  Its good to see him apply concentration & focus to it though.

And in true nerd style, we have been recording our scores in a spreadsheet and working out the average per round!